Portugal, ranked No. 6 in the world, will face Slovenia, ranked No. 57 in the world, in the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
The value of the Portuguese team is more than 10 times that of the Slovenian team, which is enough to see that there is a big difference in strength between the two sides, and the Portuguese team is much stronger than the Slovenian team on paper. Therefore, before the game, more than 80% and close to 90% of fans were optimistic that the Portuguese team could easily beat the Slovenian team.
In the first half, Ronaldo once picked the ball and got rid of the ball in a row, which was a textbook style, Ronaldo won full applause, and the scene erupted into thunderous applause, Ronaldo's ball skills are really great, watching is a kind of enjoyment, I really hope Ronaldo will continue to play and not retire!
In first-half stoppage time, Palhinha received Leao's inverted triangle pass at the top of the arc and fired directly into the ball and bounced off the left post. The Slovenian team escaped. It was also the most dangerous shot of the first half!
In 90 minutes of regular time, Ronaldo tried many free kicks to no avail!
Portugal were scoreless in 90 minutes of regulation time, with more than 70 per cent possession but shots deflected wide again and again. The two sides ended up going into extra time with a score of 0-0. In extra time, Ronaldo missed the penalty made by Jota, and then Ronaldo cried bitterly! Extra-time was still 0-0 and the game went to penalties. The Slovenian team missed the penalty in the first round of the penalty shootout, and Ronaldo hit the first penalty, Slovenia also missed the second round, and the Slovenian team still missed the penalty in the third round, and the most penalty shootout Portugal won 3-0 to advance.
In the end, Portugal defeated Slovenia to become the sixth team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the European Championship.